KC Confidential

It was one of the lead news stories last night and this morning…

Matt THE FRANCHISE Cassel seated on the turf at Arrowhead, dazed and confused, fans cheering his pain.  The media and Chiefs players led by Eric Winston, say, “We are bad guys for doing that, cheering for an injury.”

All due to Chiefs fan’s frustration with being a national joke and loser with both the Royals and Chumps.

And poor Matt is just the scapegoat for the bigger picture. Continue reading →

Was Matt THE FRANCHISE Cassel REALLY HURT?

Is it possible that he’d had enough with the fans, the team and losing? Maybe, just maybe, as predicted by yours truly, THE FRANCHISE took this option and kinda faked injury. It’s sure a thought. That maybe he was not that badly hurt but will go on the injured reserve with a “head injury or concussion” and be out for the season and end his career with the Chiefs.

It’s been a nightmare for the Cassel, he wants out and now most likely he’s gone. Continue reading →

Well football fans, last week was the big break I was looking for, right?

I was perfect in the pros – 4-0 – and that’s very tough these days. I dropped one in college, but still had a nice winning week. Let’s keep the heat on this weekend.

All that can be said about our Chiefs has been said. Now we know. Even the Wall Street Journal – a publication without a sports page – spanked our city as the worst in pro sports with two teams that haven’t won a post season game since 1985 (the Royals) and since 1993 for the Chiefs. Worst in the nation. Yikes.

Now we even have to hear about it from Wall Street. Continue reading →

The Star did a nice job of showing each team’s records in the four major pro sports groups today…

Included were the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. And only one team had not been to the post season since 1985, nearly 30 years, guess who? The Royals. Nice. Hey, the Chiefs may not have won, but at least they got to the party.

While this year’s Royals still managed to lose 90 games, they did improve their win record an inch and finished in third. So yes, it was a bit better but not much.

The big reason for owning the fourth worst record in the American league; the failures of Eric Hosmer, Jeff Francoeur and Mke Moustakas.

None had any power  or zip to speak of and none of them could even hit .250. Wow. And these were the young guys the Royals were counting on to be at least .500. Continue reading →

They say 60 million Americans watched the Presidential Debate last night…

Both candidates, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama looked sharp. Both are clearly very polished speakers.

However in my humble opinion neither really had much of a plan to do anything different or uplifting.

They both talked in circles citing meaningless numbers. Continue reading →

It’s been the year of the woman for comedy around the nation…

Chelsea Handler not only has her show, but five others to boot. Whitney Cummings has taken over the roasts from Lisa Lampanelli and has her own sit com now in season two.

And moving up the fast track is another young star named Iliza Schlesinger. Continue reading →

In the 1800’s Kansas City was known as the last big city before you hit THE WILD WEST...

Dodge City had the legends Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and near Kansas City were the James Gang and other big name outlaws.

Then, nearly 100 years later Kansas City once again became known for its outlaws and lawmen.  We had Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger and the famous Union Station Massacre where some four law officers and a fugitive criminal were gunned down. That lead to the FBI being able to carry firearms.

Yep, we were once a wild, crazy, talked about town.

That ended with all the do-gooders that followed the depression era, bibles in hand. Unfortunately, we’re still led by these boring losers and so our city fell and fell hard. Continue reading →

Now that the leaves are turning,  it’s comedy season again…

The fall and winter brings out the bigger names in the biz with less outdoor events to compete against. And this past week, for first time, Chris Franjola stormed the stage at Stanford’s and smoked it. Chris even surprised me with his unique style and power on stage.

Franjola has two TV series. He’s the lead with Josh Wolf on Chelsea Lately. And he has his own show, “After Lately.” Chris and Josh are the lead writers for both shows.

“I have to watch reality TV and the news all day, every day to write the jokes for the nightly talk shows,” he told me. “That’s right a steady dose of ‘Honey Boo, Boo’ and the Kardashians.”

Needless to say, Chris earns his money. Continue reading →